Endangered species
State must crack down on Chevron’s toxic soil use in WA, say advocates
The US oil and gas giant is “privileged” to operate its export plant in a biodiversity haven off the WA coast. But the pollution of the site has become a concern.
- Emma Young
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Dingoes to be collared in contentious bid to protect sheep
The Victorian Farmers Federation has argued dingoes should be fitted with collars that can deliver an electric shock when they approach private property.
- Bianca Hall
Albanese stares down his own MPs over fishy captain’s call
The prime minister has again overruled Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek and faced opposition from his own party over his plan to protect Tasmania’s farmed-salmon industry.
- Mike Foley and Paul Sakkal
‘The only option’: Environment minister sued by Wilderness Society
The environmentalist group is taking legal action over allegations that the environment minister failed in her duty to protect threatened wildlife.
- Mike Foley and Bianca Hall
People ‘just picking up’ starving WA cockatoos as burglars target nests
At what point does a pet become a pest? Meanwhile, here’s why one of Perth’s foremost black cockatoo rehab figures is saying he’s ‘never seen anything like it’.
- Emma Young
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- Victorian environment
Inside the fight to save the last Victorian Highlands forest fairies
Faced with ‘government inaction’ on protecting Australia’s most critically endangered animals, these campaigners are taking matters into their own hands.
- Bianca Hall
Thousands of dead fish, a $37m federal promise and an animal close to extinction: Australia’s ‘salmon war’ gets ugly
A major fish kill in the waters of south-east Tasmania has raised tensions just as the prime minister has backed the industry.
- Caitlin Fitzsimmons
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- Science
In extraordinary timing, a second corpse flower has bloomed in Sydney
The incredible botanical double-act comes just two and a half weeks after the flower named Putricia became a global sensation. And this one’s stinkier.
- Angus Dalton
Snipers, recorders – and secrets: Saving the Aussie parrot called ‘birdwatching’s Holy Grail’
For almost 80 years, the night parrot was believed to be extinct. Now: the race to protect a tiny population.
- Nick O'Malley
Behind the scenes at the Botanic Garden, it’s more zoo than greenhouse
Secret doors, smoke plumes, air locks, a million species and shipwrecked treasures: this world-renowned Sydney establishment could be the most biodiverse spot in the country.
- Angus Dalton
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